23 May 2016

DISCLAIMER: I don’t guarantee that I translate 100%
correct....So helping hand is welcome!

The Translator:

Yukkuri Oniisan

The Editor:

So-Chintzy

Chapter
5. Yuuji, Changing Job from “Magician of the Forest” into “Pioneer”

Part
5. Yuuji, Hearing the Currency Explanation from the Peddler

「Yuuji-san…… That is
only a magic book to be used by beginners…… Are you saying that you can’t use
magic that well?」(Kevin)

“Alice and I can finally use more magic”. As a
response to this statement, the peddler Kevin questioned him.

「N-no way, ahahaha, how
can that be, I am the Magician of the Forest, you know? If it is only magic,
then I can use it. It’s just that I came from another world, so I only wanted
to see what kind of magic this world has, ahahahaha.」(Yuuji)

Yuuji averted his eyes while answering Kevin’s
question. Certainly, Yuuji can use magic. He had only acquired it just now,
though. So it’s safe(not even wrong).

However, from the way Yuuji spoke about it, it was as
if he had said that there are many people on Earth who can use magic. Surely
enough, wizards exist, but there are no people who can use magic.[1]
Maybe.

「No, it isn’t really a
problem after all……」(Kevin)

Even though he still had some vague doubts, Kevin
didn’t pry too deeply. What an adult-like way to respond.

「Leaving that aside,
Kevin-san, this book is popular right? Then how much is it? Well, in the first
place, I don’t even know about the currency……」(Yuuji)

Yuuji suddenly changed the topic. However, he really did
need to know about this. So it was a fine play.

「That’s right. It’s
better for you to know about these things tight away, since this is also required
for business transactions. Ah, Yuuji-san, please take a seat here.」(Kevin)

As he spoke, while showing a wry smile, Kevin handed
over a backless collapsible chair to Yuuji.

They continued on from their last conversation and Kevin
began to inform Yuuji, who didn’t know anything about this world, bout the
current situation.

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「First, I will teach you
the currency. If we are able to produce the things that Yuuji-san will teach us
how to make, the types and amounts of currency will also affect Yuuji-san.」(Kevin)

Kevin started off his talks with this slow statement. Kevin
opened his leather water canteen and took one gulp of water. By the way, Yuuji
offered him a water refill some time ago.

「In this Rowaim Kingdom,
basically there are 6 types of currency. If we included the ones rarely used,
then there are 8 types of currencies.」(Kevin)

「Umm…… So this place is called the Rowaim Kingdom?」(Yuuji)

Yuuji quickly reacted to
information that had just came out and threw out a question.

Just when Kevin’s explanation was
about to begin, it was stopped at the first words. But this couldn’t be helped.
“Where am I?”, if someone didn’t know this, this would incite uneasiness when
thinking about the other thing.

「Now that you mention it, I haven’t given any explanations about this…… Yes,
this place is the Rowaim Kingdom, more precisely, its frontier region. But can
we tackle this topic tomorrow? I will speak about the feudal lord who governs
this area and the other nobles in the kingdom with the map.」(Kevin)

「I understand…… For now, please teach me about the currency.」(Yuuji)

“Yes, since money is
important, right?” Kevin showed his merchant side and resumed his interrupted
explanation

「Just like what I had said before, there are 6 types of basic currency, and
if we include the rarely used ones, then there are 8 types of currency.」(Kevin)

While saying this, Kevin took
out a leather bag from his chest pocket and took two coins from it.

「First is this, the copper coin. There are coins that have lower values than
the copper coin, like this base coin, but they are not used that much. Even cheaply
priced goods are not measured in base coins, but in copper coins, such as 1
copper coin for five goods. This is how many things are sold. By the way, the
value of one copper coin is 100 base coins. Since you need to take large amount
of coins, it will jingle, which is what I believe caused base coins to be less
useful.」(Kevin)

“Oh, I see” As he spoke, Yuuji
received the base coin and the copper coin that Kevin passed over the gate.
Yuuji looked at the surface and turned it over several times absentmindedly.

Suddenly, with an “Ah”, he
remembered something. In front of the dumbfounded Kevin, Yuuji ran into the house.

Yuuji immediately returned. In
his hand he held a camera. It seems that he just remembered that he should take
a photograph.

Yuuji put the copper coin and
the base coin in his hand, and then clicked the shutter with the other hand.

Kevin watched this strange scene,
but it seems that for the moment, he wasn’t going to ask about it and just
continued his explanation.

「Then this is the currency with a higher value than the copper coin: the big
copper coin. This has the value of 10 copper coins.」(Kevin)

Kevin handed it over to Yuuji;
the size of the coin was larger than the previous coins. He lined it up beside
the copper coin. Not only its size was different, but the engraved design on it
differed as well.

「Each coin denomination has a different picture and design. In old times, it
would depict the potraits of previous reigning kings. At that time, there were
people that said that the value of the coin would differ depending on the king
depicted on it. So the nobles in power……」

“Collected every coin and then
designed the current coins. It’s something that happened long before I’d been
born.” Kevin earnestly narrated. To be replace all the circulated coins was
something that was normally unthinkable. So as a merchant, of course, he was
deeply impressed by it.

「Above the big copper coin, is this silver coin. This is also has a value of
10 big copper coins. And I think you can guess the next coin, the big silver
coin. It has a value of 10 silver coins. Then, 10 big silver coins equal to 1 gold
coin. 10 gold coins will become 1 big gold coin. Of course, I didn’t bring any
gold coins with me……」(Kevin)

Kevin handed over the two dully
shining silver coins to Yuuji. When Yuuji received them, he didn’t say anything
and just clicked the shutters to take a photograph before he quickly returned them
to Kevin.

「Above the big gold coin is the white coin. However this is only used in
transactions performed by large merchant houses, nobles and royalty, so I think
it will be enough just to hear about it. Even big gold coins are hardly ever
used.」(Kevin)

As he received the coins from
Yuuji, Kevin summed up his explanation. However, the main point of the talk of
the money talk had only just begin.

「Then…… For example, how much do the weapons and food cost? How much is the
income of a normal person?」(Yuuji)

Yuuji also noticed it. This
man, although he is carelessly absentminded, it doesn’t mean that he has a bad
head on his shoulders. But he is still carelessly absentminded.

「Let see…… First, it’s said that a city guard or a low ranked soldier earns
a monthly salary of 2 big silver coins. This amount is enough to support a
family of 4 living in the capital. However, this is a frontier region, so there
is a lot of bartering done in the newly developed areas. I believe that living in
Premie city or the villages would cost less……」(Kevin)

「I see……」(Yuuji)

Then 1 big silver coin could
be imagined as 100000 yen[2],
thought Yuuji. Although it was a bit problematic, it’s probably a good
conversion. Putting aside the problems, anyway.

「The price of the goods that I gave to Yuuji-san, right?...... Let see, I
believe that even by the selling price, it will be about 1 gold coin.」(Kevin)

「If big silver coin is 100000 yen, then 10 times of this is…… Eh! One mi-!
One million yen!?」(Yuuji)

Yuuji bent his body back and
let out a queer sound. He thoughtlessly received the goods, but he was
surprised when discovering the price.

However, this is predictable. Not
only, was there food for Alice and Kotarou, there was also arms and armors, and
although the price has not been specified, he even received the books.

After finding out the high
price, right now, Yuuji was nervous. He is just a low middle class citizen,
after all. Although in Japan, he has become a rich person.

「Ah, please don’t worry about this. I still have assets that I collected
little by little in the bank. Although I have expectations of Yuuji-san’s
knowledge, if it fails, then even if I lose everything, I can start again as a
peddler.」(Kevin)

Kevin told Yuuji some heavy
words without hesitation.

These were surely the follow
up words to Yuuji, who was surprised by the price.

I think that the worth of the big silver is off by a couple zeros, I mean ¥20,000 is not enough for 1 person for a year let alone 4, let's the average low income worker earns about $20,000 a year, that's ¥2,187,843.76(current exchange rate), so yeah way off

At $10/hr, 40hrs a week, let's say febuary, it'd be $1600 that month which equals about ¥174,988.52, I don't know what monthly living expenses would be for a month for 4 people would be though, all I know is ¥20,000 is not enough

Nope... I tink you guys wrong... You do can live for a month with a family of 4 using just 20000 Yen in my country...Heck there even a case where a family of 8 living with just under 10000 yen budget...Don't use developed world criteria please....

are you live in Indonesia? if so then it's possible but if you tried to live in any developed countries like America, you will know how hard to live in there with such budget... my friend live in Japan and have income about ¥100,000/month and it's quite hard even though he is live alone.

9000 USD and he's freaking out... One of his mirrors are probably worth at least that, due to the fact that it's "high quality" stuff(for this world) and not readily available anywhere. Did he seriously expect that all this stuff he got, such as books with valuable paper and pictures that can't be made easily along with all the other stuff(such as armor, weapons, farm equipment etc) wouldn't be worth at least that much? It's also not a big deal seeing how much his information would be worth, actually it's an extremely small amount if you consider how much can be earned just with some random information from the net. even if he got something worth dozens of gold coins it would still only be a matter of course if you consider future profits if he'll get a good relation with the mc.

He needs to get himself together and stop overreacting over small stuff like this... It's somewhat vexing. Kotarou and alice has it hard.